The Free Land of The great empire of the united bert is a huge, pleasant nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ritual sacrifices, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 467 million great empire of the united bertians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of bert city. The average income tax rate is 16.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong great empire of the united bertian economy, worth 29.6 trillion euros a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 63,393 euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Internet service is too costly for normal people to purchase, the state subsidizes liposuction, homeless people are periodically found dead upon altars to assorted deities, and The great empire of the united bert has designated bert city as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The great empire of the united bert's national animal is the duck, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

The great empire of the united bert is ranked 82,742^nd in the world and 49^th in The Walbard Union for Most Patriotic, with 17.17 flags saluted per person per day.